The Soul Urge or as it is sometimes called, the heart's desire, is an important core influence in numerology.This means your inner craving, likes
and dislikes.

How to find the Soul Urge Number?

This number is made up from the vowels (a, e, i, o and u) in your full birth name just as it is recorded on your birth
certificate.The sum of all of these letter, converted to numbers, and reduced to a single number or a master number is your Soul Urge. This number
denotes what you value most regardless of Life Path (what you are from birth) and expression (what you will become in life).

Chart reflecting the number value of the vowels and sometime vowels

* The letter Y is also a vowel when there is no other vowel in a syllable (for eg: Lynn or Carolyn) and when it is
preceded by a vowel and sounded as one sound (for eg:Hayden). The letter W is treated as a vowel when it is preceeded by a vowel and produces a single
sound (for eg: Bradshaw)

With a Soul Urge number of 1, you want to lead and direct, to work independent of supervision, by yourself or with subordinates.
You take pride in you abilities and want to be recognized for them. You may seek opportunities to display your strength and usefulness, wanting to
create and originate. In your desire to manage the big picture and the main issues, you may often leave the details to others.

Postitive Traits :
The positive 1 Soul Urge is Ambitious and determined, a leader seeking opportunities. There is a great deal of
honesty and loyalty in this character. If you possess positive 1 Soul Urge qualities, you are very attainment oriented and driven to success. You
are a loyal friend and strictly fair in your business dealings.

Negative Traits :
A negative 1 is apt to dominate situations and people; the home, the spouse, the family and the business.
Emotions aren't strong in this nature. If you possess an excess of 1 energy, you may, at times, be boastful and egotistic. You must avoid being too
critical and impatient of trifles. The need of the 1 Soul Urge is the development of friendliness, and a sincere interest in people.

With the Soul Urge number 2, your motivation is centered on friendships, partnerships, and companionship. You want to work with
others as a part of a cooperative team. Leadership is not important to you, but making a contribution to the team effort is. You are willing to work
hard to achieve a harmonious environment with sensitive, genial people.

Postitive Traits : In a positive sense, the 2 Soul Urge is sympathetic, extremely concerned and devoted. The nature
tends to be very sensitive to others, always tactful and diplomatic. This element in your nature indicates that you are rather emotional. You are
persuasive, but in a very quiet way, never forceful. You are the type that makes really close friendships because you are so affectionate and
loving.

Negative Traits : If this number is over-emphasized in your makeup, you may be over-sensitive, with a delicate ego that
is too easily hurt. You may be timid or fearful, too easygoing for your own good.

With the Soul Urge number 3 your desire in life is personal expression, and generally enjoying life to its fullest. You want to
participate in an active social life and enjoy a large circle of friends. You want to be in the limelight, expressing your artistic or intellectual
talents. Word skills may be your thing; speaking, writing, acting, singing.

Postitive Traits : In a positive sense, the 3 energy is friendly, outgoing and always very social.You have a decidedly
upbeat attitude that is rarely discouraged; a good mental and emotional balance.The 3 Soul Urge gives intuitive insight, thus, very high creative
and inspirational tendencies. The truly outstanding trait shown by the 3 Soul Urge is that of self-expression, regardless of the field of endeavor.

Negative Traits : On the negative side, you may at times become too easygoing and too optimistic, tending to scatter
forces and accomplish very little. Often, the excessive 3 energy produces non-stop talkers. Everyone has faults, but the 3 soul urge doesn't
appreciate having these pointed out.

With the Soul Urge or Motivation number of 4 you are likely to strive for a stable life. You tend to follow a rather orderly
pattern and systematic approach in your endeavors. You have an inner desire to serve others in a methodical and diligent manner. You want to be in
solid, conventional, and well-regulated activities, and you are somewhat disturbed by innovation and erratic or sudden changes.

Postitive Traits : Excellent at organizing, systematizing, and managing, you have a way of establishing order and
maintaining it. You are responsible, reliable and in the final analysis, practical. Highly analytical, you can see your way through all sorts of
situations and generally have a clear understanding of the issues. You are a very honest, sincere, and conscientious individual.

Negative Traits :The negative side of the 4 is rigid, stubborn and somewhat narrow-minded. There is a tendency to hide
feelings, or to really not be aware of real feelings. Avoid being too rigid and stubborn in your thinking, and try to always see the big picture
rather than becoming to involved with the detail. Don't be afraid to take a chance once in awhile.

The 5 soul urge or motivation would like to follow a life of freedom, excitement, adventure and unexpected happening. The idea of
travel and freedom to roam intrigues you. You are very much the adventurer at heart. Not particularly concerned about your future or about getting
ahead, you can seem superficial and unmotivated.

Postitive Traits : In a positive sense, the energies of the number 5 make you very adaptable and versatile. You have a
natural resourcefulness and enthusiasm that may mark you as a progressive with a good mind and active imagination. You seem to have a natural
inclination to be a pace-setter. You are attracted to the unusual and the fast paced.

Negative Traits :You may be overly restless and impatient at times. You may dislike the routine work that you are engaged
in, and tend to jump from activity to activity, without ever finishing anything. You may have difficulty with responsibility. You don't want to be
tied down to a relationship, and it may be hard to commit to one person.

With a number 6 Soul Urge, you would like to be appreciated for your ability to handle responsibility. Your home and family are
likely to be a strong focus for you, perhaps the strongest focus of your life. Friendship, love, and affection are high on your list of priorities
for a happy life. You have a lot of diplomatic tendencies in your makeup, as you a able to rectify and balance situations with an innate skill. You
like working with people rather than by yourself. It is extremely important for you to have harmony in your environment at all times.

Postitive Traits : The positive side of the 6 Soul Urge produces a huge capacity for responsibility; you are always
there and ready to assume more than your share of the load. If you possess positive 6 Soul Urges and express them, you are known for your
generosity, understanding and deep sympathetic attitude. Strong 6 energy is very giving of love, affection, and emotional support. You may have the
inclination to teach or serve your community in other idealistic ways. You have natural abilities to help people. You are also likely to have
artistic and creative leanings.

Negative Traits :If you have an over-supply of 6 energy in your makeup, you may express some of the negative traits
common to this number. With such a strong sympathetic attitude, it is easy to become too emotional. Sometimes the desires to render help can be over
done, and it can become interfering and an attitude that is too protective, rather than helpful. The person with too much 6 energy often finds that
people tend to take advantage of this very giving spirit. You may tend to repress your own needs so that you can cater to the demands from others.
At times, there may be a tendency in this, for becoming over-loaded with such demands, and as a result become resentful.

With a number 7 Soul Urge you are very fond of reading, and retreating to periods of being alone and away from the disruptions of
the outer world.

Postitive Traits : You like to dream and develop you idealistic understandings, to study and analyze, to gain knowledge
and wisdom. You may be too laid back and withdrawn to really succeed in the business world, and you will be much more comfortable in circumstances
that are tolerant of your reserve, your analytical approach, and your desire to use your mind rather than your physical being.

Negative Traits : You are very timid around people that you don't know very well, so much so at times that casual
conversation and social situations can be strained. You tend to repress your emotions to the extend that some people have a good bit of difficult
understanding you. You tend to be very selective with friends and you don't easily adapt to new environments or to new people very quickly.The
negative traits of the 7 include becoming too much the introvert and isolated from others.

With an 8 soul urge, you have a natural flare for big business and the challenges imposed by the commercial world. Power, status
and success are very important to you. You have strong urges to supervise, organize and lead. Material desires are also very pronounced. You have
good executive abilities, and with these, confidence, energy and ambition.

Postitive Traits : Your mind is analytical and judgment sound; you're a good judge of material values and also human
character. Self-controlled, you rarely let emotions cloud judgment. You are somewhat of an organizer at heart, and you like to keep those beneath
you organized and on a proper track. This is a personality that wants to lead, not follow. You want to be known for your planning ability and solid
judgment.

Negative Traits : The negative aspects of the 8 soul urge are the often dominating and exacting attitude. You may have a
tendency to be very rigid, sometimes stubborn.

With a 9 Soul Urge, you want to give to others, usually in a humanitarian or philanthropic manner. You are highly motivated to give
friendship, affection and love. And you are generous in giving of your knowledge and experience. You have very sharing urges, and you are likely to
have a great deal to share. Your concern for others makes you a very sympathetic and generous person with a sensitive and compassionate nature.

Postitive Traits : You are able to view life in very broad and intuitive terms. You often express high ideals and an
inspirational approach to life. If you are able to fully realize the potential of your motivation, you will be a very self-sacrificing person who is
able to give freely without being concerned about any return or reward.

Negative Traits : You may become too sensitive and tend to express emotions strongly at times. There can be significant
conflict between higher aims and personal ambitions. You may resent the idea of giving all of the time and, in fact, if there is too much 9 energy
in your nature you may reject the idea. You may often be disappointed in the lack of perfection in yourself and others.

With the 11 Soul Urge, much of your thinking and interests relate to the abstract, the spiritual, and utopian dreams. You are
motivated toward idealistic concepts, and the sharing of your ideas and concepts with humanity. This number is not one that is giving in a material
or a practical sense, but rather one who desires to help mankind with a more abstract commodity such as religion, spiritualism, occult studies, or
even psychic abilities.

Postitive Traits : The strong 11 is not a very practical person because of the extreme idealism; often, there is a degree
of self-deception present. There is usually a rather fixed idea of right and wrong held by those showing strong 11 traits, and with this very often
is a resulting attitude of inflexibility.

Postitive Traits : If you possess the positive 11 Soul Urge traits, you have a dream of the perfect world; you are
highly idealistic and inspirational. Your inner strength and devotion to your beliefs are extremely strong. You have a very good mind that is
especially well equipped to handle the higher, more abstract forms of thought.

Negative Traits : If there is an excess of 11 energy in your makeup, you may possess some the negative 11 traits. There
is a tendency for the 11 to produce considerable amounts of nervous tension which is bought on by a very high level of awareness. You may be too
sensitive and overly emotional. In some cases, these sensitivities and emotions are quite repressed, and this tends to add even more to the sense of
nervousness in the makeup.

The Soul Urge of the master number 22 is very much that of the master builder. You would like to use your abilities in an important
humanitarian undertaking, and have an innate desire is to express the significant power you feel in a concrete manner, as a builder, engineer,
diplomat, etc. In some way you want to make a considerable contribution to the world.

Postitive Traits : The 22 gives a broad, universal outlook with a rather practical and common-sense approach. You have
especially high intelligence, with an unusual perception and awareness. This number often denotes a high degree of diplomatic abilities and high
ideals. You are a very capable person and you may possess special leadership abilities that you can and should develop. People respect you and
recognize your superior foresight and vision.

Negative Traits : The negative side of the 22 soul urge is a high degree of nervous energy and a tendency to be very
dominating. It is unfortunate that all who possess the urge of 22 do not use its energies to the greatest advantage; but then it should be
recognized that these energies are understandably the most difficult to focus and direct.